Auto generated bullets/numbering in text box

[BlairDrafting]

I've recently noticed Chief Architect automatically will add numbering bullets to a text box when the first characters are a number followed by a period or parenthesis.

For example: the text in my text box should be as follows

 

ROOF LOADING:

0.72 KPa (15 PSF) - D E A D L O A D

1.89 KPa (39 PSF) - SPECIFIED SNOW LOAD

2.70 KPa (56 PSF) - GROUND SNOW LOAD

 

but it looks like this

 

ROOF LOADING:

0.72 KPa (15 PSF) - D E A D L O A D

1. 89 KPa (39 PSF) - SPECIFIED SNOW LOAD
2. 70 KPa (56 PSF) - GROUND SNOW LOAD

 

Is there a way to have CA not automatically assume I want it to start numbering my lines?

[tundra_dweller]

If you're using rich text and it does that you might try using "standard" text instead.

 

Here's what I get when I copy/paste your text into the two different text methods:

[BlairDrafting]

13 minutes ago, tundra_dweller said:

If you're using rich text and it does that you might try using "standard" text instead.

 

Here's what I get when I copy/paste your text into the two different text methods:

Thanks Tundra_dweller. I hadn't thought of that.

[Chrisb222]

2 minutes ago, BlairDrafting said:

Thanks Tundra_dweller. I hadn't thought of that.

 

But it shouldn't be happening in Rich Text. I was able to recreate this anomaly. I think you've discovered a bug in the software, please send in to tech support.

[Alaskan_Son]

I'm not sure this is a bug so much as it is an instance of unexpected behavior.  The software is doing what it was designed to do.  You've just found an instance where the behavior is undesirable.  I agree that there should be a way to turn the auto numbering off.  In the meantime, there are a few things you can do to kill that particular automation in a Rich Text Box.  You can basically use any other kind of other automatically bulleted list or you could prepend the lines with your own character manually.  For example:

 

Using a standard automatic bullet (Circles, Empty):

 

Using a manual bullet (dash):

 

Prepending all lines with a space:

 

Or even prepending lines with a zero width space character so there's no discernible character at all: